Luke Roberts b. 1952

Also known as Her Divine Holiness Pope Alice
  • Artist (Performance Artist),
  • Artist (Photographer),
  • Artist (Painter)
painter, photographer and performance artist, was born in Alpha, Qld. He lives in Brisbane. The creator of the Mu Museum of Popular Art, his various wunderkammer have included an early museum of extraordinary objects in Australian Perspecta 1995 and the Mu Embassy and Margaret Mead Memorial Sandpit in the Asia-Pacific Triennial, in 1996
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exhibited at
Biennale of Sydney
Date
2002
Place
Sydney, NSW
Description
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Irene Sutton's Mary Place exhibition
Date
1996
Place
Paddington, Sydney, NSW
Description
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Asia-Pacific Triennial
Date
1996
Place
Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane
Description
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Clutch
Date
1996
Place
Institute of Modern Art, Brisbane, QLD
Description

Pope Alice and the Archangel series in which we see Her Divine Holiness photographed in a variety of compromising positions with a celestial messenger of astronomical grandeur.

Source: Solo Survey Exhibition Linkage Project, Tasmanian School of Art, UTAS
Institute of Modern Art exhibition archive

Type
Exhibition
Tags
Major Solo, Performance, Photography
exhibited at
Australian Perspecta
Date
1995
Place
Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW
Description
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Wunderkammer/Kunstkammera: an installation by Luke Roberts
Date
1994
Place
Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane, QLD
Description

Assisted by Arts QLD; Supported by Salvos and Vincent Chain Stores; Official international
carrier: UFO airlines; Domestic carrier: Alpha Cult Cargo. Presented by the QAG in association with the Pope Alice corporation.

Source: Solo Survey Exhibition Linkage Project, Tasmanian School of Art, UTAS
QAG annual report

Type
Exhibition
Tags
Minor Solo, Installation
exhibited at
All Souls' Day: Luke Roberts, Urszula Szulakowski
Date
1989
Place
Artspace, Sydney, NSW
Description

A collaborative project between Luke Roberts and Urszula Szulakowski

Source: Solo Survey Exhibition Linkage Project, Tasmanian School of Art, UTAS
State Library of QLD catalogue

Exhibition Catalogue:
Miller, Sarah, All Souls’ Day: Luke Roberts, Urszula Szulakowski. Surry Hills, NSW: Artspace, 1989
1 folded sheet [6] p: ill ; 30 cm

Type
Exhibition
Tags
Duo, Installation, Performance
exhibited at
Luke Roberts
Date
1982
Place
Institute of Modern Art, Brisbane, QLD
Description

Source: Solo Survey Exhibition Linkage Project, Tasmanian School of Art, UTAS
Institute of Modern Art exhibition archive

Type
Exhibition
Tags
Minor Solo, Performance

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Related collections
  • Rockhampton Regional Art Gallery, QLD (collected in)
  • National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, VIC, Australia (collected in)
  • Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia (collected in)
  • James Hardie Library, State Library of Queensland, QLD (collected in)
  • Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane, QLD, Australia (collected in)
  • National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, ACT, Australia (collected in)
  • University of Southern Queensland, Toowoomba, QLD (collected in)
  • University of Queensland Art Museum, Brisbane, QLD (collected in)
  • Griffith University, Bisbane, QLD (collected in)
  • Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, QLD (collected in)
  • Newcastle Region Art Gallery, Newcastle, NSW (collected in)
  • Museum of Brisbane, QLD (collected in)
  • Gold Coast City Art Gallery, Gold Coast, QLD (collected in)